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EPA Requires That Communities Reduce Soot By 2020
On Friday, the U-S Environmental Protection Agency set a deadline for reducing soot pollution. Communities across the country will have to reduce the amount of soot that goes into their air by 20 percent by the end of the decade.
Shale To Solar: Farmers Use Gas Money to Build Solar Arrays
Dwayne Bauknight and Duane Miller have almost nothing in common—except for a row of gleaming new solar panels on their farms. For very different reasons, they're using gas money to invest in renewables.
Scientists Square Off Over Fracking's Impact on Climate
Last year, a scientist from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York published a paper in a scientific journal.
Wells to Wheels: Natural Gas for Cars?
We use natural gas to heat our homes and generate our power. Can we use it to fuel our cars? Big Gas thinks shale gas is the key to cleaning up our car-heavy culture.
Super Energy Efficient Homes For The Rest Of Us
An affordable housing organization in Pennsylvania called ACTION Housing is creating a model of highly efficien
Pennsylvania's New Rush: Universities Compete to Study Shale
The gas boom in the Marcellus shale has set off another rush in Pennsylvania—colleges and universities trying to study fracking. Carnegie Mellon University, Penn State, and others have set up centers designed to attract funding to study shale gas.
The End of Country: Author Gives the Backstory to Marcellus Shale Book
When a gas company approached writer Seamus McGrawís mother about drilling on the family farmland, he interviewed other leaseholders, researched, and wrote what ended up to be a book that included his own story. It's called The End of Country.
Trying to Get a Foot in the Shale Industry
About 30,000 jobs were created in the last three years in Pennsylvania either directly or indirectly by Marcellus shale gas. A federally-funded program is trying to get more Pennsylvanians onto well pads.
Canadian Company Fracking For Gas With Propane Gas
Hydraulic fracturing in the Marcellus Shale requires millions of gallons of water.
In Sunbury, Drilling Waste, Politics, and a Pile of Dirt
A pile of dirt has sparked controversy in the city of Sunbury, Northumberland County. A recent city council meeting devolved into a shouting match, as the city, miles from gas wells, has become deeply divided over the drilling industry’s influence on its community.